Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Aspect

Aspect ({not transcribed}) , noun

[Latin aspectus, from aspicere, aspectum, to look at; ad + spicere, specere, to look, akin to English spy.]

1.
The act of looking; vision; gaze; glance. [Rare]
The basilisk killeth by aspect. — Bacon
His aspect was bent on the ground. — Sir W. Scott
2.
Look, or particular appearance of the face; countenance; mien; air.
Serious in aspect. — Dryden
[Craggs] with aspect open shall erect his head. — Pope
3.
Appearance to the eye or the mind; look; view.
The aspect of affairs. — Macaulay
The true aspect of a world lying in its rubbish. — T. Burnet
4.
Position or situation with regard to seeing; that position which enables one to look in a particular direction; position in relation to the points of the compass; as, a house has a southern aspect, that is, a position which faces the south.
5.
Prospect; outlook. [Obsolete]
This town affords a good aspect toward the hill from whence we descended. — Evelyn
6.
(Astrology) The situation of planets or stars with respect to one another, or the angle formed by the rays of light proceeding from them and meeting at the eye; the joint look of planets or stars upon each other or upon the earth. — Milton

The aspects which two planets can assume are five; sextile, {not transcribed}, when the planets are 60° apart; quartile, or quadrate, {not transcribed}, when their distance is 90° or the quarter of a circle; trine, {not transcribed}, when the distance is 120°; opposition, {not transcribed}, when the distance is 180°, or half a circle; and conjunction, {not transcribed}, when they are in the same degree. Astrology taught that the aspects of the planets exerted an influence on human affairs, in some situations for good and in others for evil.

7.
(Astrology) The influence of the stars for good or evil; as, an ill aspect. — Shakespeare
The astrologers call the evil influences of the stars evil aspects.
8.
(Aeronautics) A view of a plane from a given direction, usually from above; more exactly, the manner of presentation of a plane to a fluid through which it is moving or to a current. If an immersed plane meets a current of fluid long side foremost, or in broadside aspect, it sustains more pressure than when placed short side foremost. Hence, long narrow wings are more effective than short broad ones of the same area.
Collocations (1)
Aspect of a plane (Geometry) , the direction of the plane.

Aspect ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb

[Latin aspectare, v. intens. of aspicere. See Aspect, n.]

To behold; to look at. [Obsolete]